Istanbul Medipol University was founded in July 2009 by the Turkey Education, Health and Research Foundation (TESA) and started teaching in 2010 at its Haliç (Unkapanı) campus. Today it has 12 faculties, 4 vocational schools and 5 graduate institutes, offering more than 78 bachelor's, 62 master's and 43 PhD programmes.
Medipol's defining feature is the close link between teaching and hospital practice: Medicine and health-science students receive clinical training at Medipol Mega University Hospital, one of the largest university hospital complexes in Türkiye. Alongside health, the university offers engineering, law, business, psychology, architecture and communication programmes.
The university operates under the Council of Higher Education of Türkiye (YÖK), and its degrees are officially recognised.